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Gabonese citizens raise the alarm over oil spills by French company Perenco

Did bells ring in the Paris region to celebrate Joe Biden's victory as a video claims?

No, bells didn't ring across Paris to celebrate the election of Joe Biden

This large gathering wasn't filmed in Istanbul in 2020, but in Sana'a (Yemen) in 2019 to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Screen capture from Facebook.

This huge crowd in Turkey has nothing to do with France's Muhammad cartoons

These images showing French products pulled from supermarket shelves in several Muslim countries have spread online since October 23.

Cheese and cosmetics: Stores in Muslim countries boycott French products

This deer collapsed in the middle of a small town after being hunted down by hounds. This still was taken from a video by Fernando Abreu.

New video of a deer being hunted by hounds in France sparks outrage online

Piles of expired tapenade containers were found dumped in several different locations around northern France (Photo: Association Mormal Forêt Agir/Facebook)

Why were hundreds of expired Carrefour products dumped in a forest in northern France?

Left: A ton of wheat pledged by dairy farmer Régis Desrumaux. The bag is decorated to show French solidarity with Lebanon. Right: Vincent Guyot, a grain farmer in France, launched the initiative to collect wheat for Lebanon.

French farmer launches initiative to send wheat to Lebanon

From August 11 to 13, volunteers joined the Ardennes Fishing Federation to clear the carcasses of tonnes of fish found in the Aisne river (Photos: Fédération de pêche des Ardennes/Facebook).

Tonnes of dead fish cleaned from French river after Nestlé spill: 'A spectacle of desolation'

On Aug. 2, a walker happened across the butchered body of a dolphin on a beach in La Torche, France. (Photo: Sea Shepherd/Facebook)

Why are butchered dolphins washing ashore in France's Brittany?

The recognisable Confederate flag displayed at the second-floor window of a building in the police barracks on Boulevard Bessières in Paris on June 30, 2020.

A Confederate flag spotted in the window of police barracks in Paris

Some beauticians have been posting advertisements for lip injections on Instagram. This practice is actually illegal.

Ads for dangerous, unregulated lip injections flood Instagram and Snapchat

These photos and videos were captured by residents of a French centre for migrants run by Adoma in April and May 2020.

France’s overcrowded centres for migrant workers turn deadly during pandemic

On the left, a man falsely claims that the Covid-19 pandemic is a lie. On the right, a protest against lockdown measures in Colorado, USA.

How the #FilmYourHospital movement is spreading lies about Covid-19

In their new song "20H" (“8pm”) French rap trio G7N pay tribute to healthcare workers on the frontlines. (Screengrab/YouTube "G7Nofficial").

"This is for our heroes”: rap video by two French hospital porters applauds healthcare workers

Screengrabs of messages posted by a Chinese traveller on the social media site WeChat where she explains how she avoided screening for coronavirus when entering France.

Chinese traveller says she slipped past coronavirus screening when entering France

Before the police arrested him, Cédric Chouviat was filming them (photo at left). Chouviat was restrained in a prone position, which likely led to his death.

French delivery man's death sparks debate over controversial police restraint technique

Screen capture from the video of the 'Africa Cruise' ride at Nigloland, France.

A bunch of bananas and a strong accent: uproar over racist ride in French theme park

Several social media users shared videos of protests in Israel to mislead others into thinking that the scenes took place in Calais, France.

Videos of police brutality protests in Israel used to show 'everyday' migrant clashes in Calais

Screenshot of a video of a man masturbating on a train heading for Poitiers, France.

French woman films male passenger masturbating in front of her on train

Posts from far-right Facebook groups with the image of a bleeding woman went viral

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Does this viral image actually show an old woman 'attacked by a migrant'?

Vandalised electric scooters in Lyon. (Photo: Twitter)

Electric scooters in Lyon vandalised by opponents

Yellow Jacket supporters attended a mass in Normandy on June 2. (Photo: Facebook)

'Macron, moron!': French priest goes on political rant during mass

Around two dozen unaccompanied migrant minors stayed at Mains d’Oeuvres, a cultural space in the Paris suburb of Saint-Ouen, in late May. (Photo: Agathe Nadimi)

Paris gallery transforms into brief haven for unaccompanied migrant minors

Undocumented immigrants held a protest at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on May 19 (Collectif La Chapelle Debout/Facebook).

'Black vest' protesters at Paris airport demand legal status for migrants

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